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Claire Coutinho is the new Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, replacing Grant Shapps who has become Defence Secretary.
She moves from her job as parliamentary under-secretary of state with responsibility for childcare.
She is also a former minister for disabled people in the Department for Work and Pensions
A maths and philosophy graduate of Exeter College, Oxford University,
Ms Coutinho previously worked for investment bank Merrill Lynch, the Centre for Social Justice and the Housing and Finance Institute, a not-for-profit organisation which aimed to help improve house building. She was elected to Parliament as MP for East Surrey in December 2019.
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